Pheromone Trapping in Controlling Key Insect Pests: Progress and Prospects
Siti Nurulhidayah Ahmad and Norman KamarudinIn recent years, pheromone trapping has been employed in many pest management programmes worldwide. Pheromone trapping can assist decision making in integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. Considerable improvements have been made in the identification and formulation of blends of pheromones for the management of agricultural insect pests. The progress and prospects of using pheromone for monitoring, mass trapping and mating disruption are discussed, with emphasis on Lepidopteran and Coleopteran pests, as the main pests of oil palm in Malaysia fall within these two insect orders.
Abstrak Kebelakangan ini, perangkap feromon kian banyak digunakan dalam program pengurusan perosak di seluruh dunia. Perangkap feromon boleh membantu dalam menyokong keputusan bagi program pengurusan perosak bersepadu (IPM). Terdapat kemajuan yang agak memberangsangkan dalam bidang pengenalpastian dan formulasi campuran feromon bagi penggunaan dalam pengurusan serangga perosak pertanian. Perkembangan dan prospek penggunaan feromon untuk pemantauan, penangkapan pukal, dan gangguan persenyawaan dibincangkan dalam artikel ini. Keutamaan diberikan kepada serangga perosak dari order Lepidoptera dan Coleoptera, memandangkan perosak utama bagi tanaman sawit di Malaysia tergolong dalam kedua-dua order tersebut.
Tags: PHEROMONE TRAPS, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, OIL PALM PEST, MPOB PUBLICATIONS, oil palm
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